Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author and advocate of African Americans’ rights. Even though the content of what he wrote is limited in scope in terms of just focusing on African Americans, his range of audience is quite the opposite. People of many colors and gender read his books due to how Ta-Nehisi Coates writes his stories through different people’s stories. In his article “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration”, however, he criticizes the systemic racism in the United States against African Americans. He does this in a manner unique to his writing; laying down people’s experiences and facts about this issue. Many writers would have written and debated about how the issue is ethical or not, however, Coates likes to write based on facts which makes his writing more interesting and create a storyline.

Although Coates hooks in a diverse amount of people, those with opposing views and opinions would not enjoy reading his work, especially the 60+ pages of “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration”. The sheer detail and facts that Coates brings onto the table will only convince people who agree with his opinions and need to find justification that racism is embedded in the political and judicial system of the United States.

After reading the article, “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration”, I believe that Coates’ writing is more informative rather than persuasive and the stories that bring value to his stories are biased towards his opinions but don’t contradict the other point of view.